To be honest, my innitial plan was to visit the Ghibli (
Totoro) Museum and sorted out the route from my hotel to the museum but I bought the wrong ticket on Klook.com
hahahaha. I have been telling my boyfriend that I wanted to visit Ghibli museum so bad and I couldn't tell him that I bought the wrong museum
hahahaha ~ this mistakes is a big no, makes me look super stupid hahahaha.
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum is commonly known as Doraemon Museum, located in Kawasaki. The entry ticket must be purchased in advance as only limited visitors for few sessions throughout the day. You can purchase the tickets from LAWSON but to be on the safe side, try Klook.com, you may pick up tickets at their official airport counter, I picked up mine from Narita Airport.
Anyways, despite all my early preparation, we almost can't make it for the slot I've booked because I took the wrong train from Shinjuku Station. #gg I was supposed to debark at Noborito Station but my train skipped this station instead. I was 3-4 stations away and need to take a return train, which took me longer travel time. #gg So guys, always check with the train operator and make sure you take the right train.
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| The bus to museum |
The bus operates every 10-15 minutes. We were supposed to have a window of an hour before our slot if we didn't take the wrong express train. By the time my train arrived the station, we have 4 minutes to reach the bus stop before the bus embark. Lucky us that we managed to beat the time by running! The bus operator ensured me that I will definitely make it for time.
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| The bus stop is a walking distance of 6 minutes from the train platform |
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| The street view heading to Doraemon Museum |
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| See 'em rolling in Tokyo - Kawasaki |
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| Bus stops at the entrance of museum. |
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| Us waiting in line to go in |
The lady in photo will gather all visitors and show us the rules and regulations before we enter the exhibition hall. She was about to start and we took a quick photo to mark this lucky day, like we finally make it!
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| Collect this device at the counter before entering the hall. |
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| Do not skip this, you'll need it when you're in the exhibition hall. |
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| The beautiful and zen view from corridor connecting between two halls |
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| This wood chucker is out of function so I don't know how it should be. |
In this museum, it features exhibition halls showing the first few of hand drawn comics, showing you how Mr Fujio started to draw, what kind of characters he created and more. If you watched Doraemon you know it's about future science and compassion for nature and earth. I enjoy every of the exhibited items and short films. No photo taking is allowed so you gotta come here to view it yourself.
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| The manga reading room |
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| The playing room |
We spent about 2.5 hours in the exhibition hall, next the cafe! My most favourite activity of the day is having character meal!
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| Cozy, moderately quiet and warm |
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| The boyfriend can't make decision just yet but I'm hangry |
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| Start my lunch with Suneo's Matcha Cheese Cake, 1000yen |
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| Doraemon's Hamburg Steak and Corosuke's Rice Plate, 1600yen |
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| Doraemon Hot Cafe Latte, 570yen |
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| Yours truly with all these happy food |
After a scrumptious lunch, time for the snowy garden! Exit the cafe from their side door and the first you'll see is the souvenir store.
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| the famous Dorayaki |
Next, the souvenir main store.
There's a theater in this hall but I decided to skip it as it's in Japanese language. I had a short stroll in the hall before we exit the museum through the souvenir main store.
The best highlight of exhibition, this copper statue.
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| "Arigatou gozaimasu, Otosan" |
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| Made me teary seeing this |
I feel like a time traveller when I'm in the museum, reminds me of time where I would switch on the TV for Doraemon. Mr Fujio, the creator of Doraemon movies plays a big role as my inspiration in future science, animal welfare and earth. Is it worth the time travelling to visit this museum? Definitely a Yes. If you grew up in the generation same like mine, this is one of the memorable things from our childhood time.
